Hempstead Turnpike (NY 24) accidents in Oyster Bay, NY

What our records show

The Hempstead Turnpike (NY 24) runs through Oyster Bay as one of the 16-mile primary corridors serving Nassau County, carrying roughly 55,000 vehicles per day. The posted speed limit is 40 mph (lower in village business districts). The route stretches from Queens border / Elmont (Nassau County) to NY 110 / East Farmingdale (Suffolk County line), with Oyster Bay sitting along that spine. Locally, drivers know it as Hempstead Tpke or NY 24 or Route 24 or NY Route 24 or Hempstead Avenue.

Our database has logged 2 incidents on Hempstead Turnpike within Oyster Bay, including 1 moderate cases. No fatalities have been recorded in the incidents we track for this stretch. The most recent report we published involved Right Lane Closed After Crash on Eastbound NY 24 in Nassau County — September 6 on September 6, 2026. On average, we've seen roughly 0.5 reported crashes per month on this stretch during the period covered by our archive.

Inside Oyster Bay, Hempstead Turnpike intersects with or runs parallel to several other high-volume routes — Route 25A, Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway, South Street — so many crashes on this corridor originate at exits and interchanges rather than along open stretches. That pattern matches what we see in the incident reports below, which cluster around entry and exit ramps feeding those surface streets.

Town context matters because accidents here don't unfold in isolation. Oyster Bay is home to about 6,700 residents and falls under NCPD 8th Precinct. Serious injuries from Hempstead Turnpike crashes are typically triaged to Syosset Hospital (Northwell Health). Below you'll find every incident on this stretch we've covered, newest first.